Monster Master: Evidence of the Way

Chapter 224: "Battle of Wits" with the Leech Monster

"What a terrible opening..."

Yiyin remembered the battle royale show he had watched before traveling through time. Could it be that he would also be involved in a similar game?

This is by no means self-deprecation by Yiyin. He believes that with his IQ, he will be the first one to die no matter what escape show it is.

"I reject."

Yiyin replied calmly, "Hasn't your master taught you that forcing others to do something they don't want to do is extremely rude? Besides, this is the Cross Base, not your toilet. You have no right to confine me here."

"Cross Base? That's my home."

The leech monster spoke awkwardly, "My master once studied here and carried out missions here... He can no longer watch over the base he loved, so I have to carry it out on his behalf."

"What happened? He died?"

Although Yiyin always thought that dying on the battlefield was a very glorious thing, he had never heard of a similar precedent at the Cross Base.

Come to think of it, if such a malicious incident really happened, Cross Base would definitely do its best to block the news. I am just a small trainee, how could I have the authority to know such top-secret information?

The leech monster didn't answer, but just kept asking Yiyin to play games with it.

Yi Yin considered this for a moment. Not to mention that he wasn't entirely sure he could defeat the leech monster, even if he could, what would it matter? Without its guidance, he might never be able to leave this dry well.

"Okay, if you want to play games, I'll play with you! What do you want to play?"

The leech monster didn't say anything, but spit out small bubbles.

Perhaps because the leech monster's vocal organs are too simple, it stores what it wants to say in bubbles in advance.

"Another memory bubble?"

Yiyin’s memories of Yipao were not very good, but she could not care less about that at the moment. Yiyin immediately touched Yipao.

"..."

After learning about the leech monster's request, Yiyin was shocked.

It turns out that as long as there is water, the leech monster can change into any posture in the water, and it is easy and simple to shape a body in the water.

The leech monster's more terrifying ability is called "Water Phantom Blade", which can take away any "part" of the opponent by being in the same water.

It used the remaining water in its body to create this empty well, and hid the well every sunrise because the sun's burning would cause it to lose the water in its body.

As long as the leech monster wants, Yiyin has no power to resist, because the leech monster can easily take away Yiyin's "vision", "hearing", "touch", "smell" and "taste", turning Yiyin into a complete cripple from then on.

Fortunately, the leech monster just wanted to play a game. According to it, its master had loved playing a game called "Drop the Handkerchief" with it when he was alive, and now it wanted to use this game to commemorate its master.

The rules of the game are actually very simple. Every time the handkerchief lands on your hand, you say a number between 1 and 10, then take turns throwing the handkerchief to the other person. The sum of the numbers said by both parties is added up. If the sum is not less than 100, whoever's hand the handkerchief lands on loses.

The leech monster used water to make a simple handkerchief. It looked very easy to break, but it was still practical as a prop.

"I want to throw it first."

Yi quickly figured out in his mind that in this game, the first mover has a huge advantage, and he must try his best to seize the initiative.

The leech monster generously gave the handkerchief to Yiyin, letting him start first.

"1..."

While singing along with the numbers, Yiyin threw the handkerchief to the leech monster.

"2..."

The leech monster seems to want to slowly kill time, so it doesn't want to be too anxious to end the game.

"3..."

……

Several rounds passed like this.

"80..."

After the leech monster counted to "80", it threw the handkerchief to Yiyin.

Yi Yin was overjoyed. This leech monster was really brainless. He would win as long as he said "9". But at this moment, Yi Yin suddenly felt a salty taste in his mouth. He spat out a mouthful of blood and found that he could not speak.

He looked at the leech monster fiercely. It turned out that it had just used the ability of "Water Phantom Blade" to take away his voice ability.

I should have thought of it earlier. I am like a living koi at the mercy of others in the other party's territory!

Iin, who was speechless, said "1" by default. Then a few rounds passed, and when the handkerchief returned to Iin's hand, it was already "87".

Done!

Yiyin was thinking quickly about a solution, and now the leech monster threw the handkerchief to him again... It was "89"!

Next, the leech monster only needs to say "10" plus "99", and then throw the handkerchief to himself. No matter what he says, it will be useless.

Wait... Since the leech monster can cheat on me, can't I cheat on the leech monster in the same way?

Thinking of this, the handkerchief was already in the leech monster's hand...

"Stun spell!"

Since the leech monster has molded a human body for itself, it can be classified as a "humanoid creature" and can be stunned.

Because it was stunned, the default value was increased by 1, and now it has increased to 90, and the handkerchief returned to Yiyin's hand.

But this is not enough. If Yi Yin can't add the number to 100 in one breath, he will be considered the loser when the handkerchief falls into the hands of the leech monster.

How to do?

"Swordsmanship!"

As the Xuanwu Blade was unsheathed, Yiyin carved the number "10" in his own way.

Who says it has to be said out loud to count? If it's a form of arithmetic, then as long as it can be counted, it's fine!

Finally, the number added up to 100, and the handkerchief was thrown into the hands of the leech monster.

The leech monster is now doomed to fail.

Of course, Yiyin did not let down his guard. Who knows if the leech monster will do something desperate?

Unexpectedly, the leech monster faced his failure calmly.

"Master, I still can't win... Without you, I will never win..."

As it spoke, the last bit of water in the leech monster's body was slowly squeezed out, indicating that it was about to die.

The water in the leech monster's body was consumed for a long time without being replenished, which was a completely expected fact since his master died.

However, the leech monster really wanted to win because it had never defeated its master before. These humans, relying on their clever minds, often cheated and exploited loopholes in the rules, which made it very unhappy.

But it didn't matter anymore. When the leech monster saw its master, it would definitely ask for another three hundred rounds of battle...